The Xu Group at CCNU

Prof. Dr. Hao Xu

College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University

Associate Professor Cuiju Zhu

College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University

E-mail: cuiju.zhu@ccnu.edu.cn

Education:

09/2015 to 12/2019,   Ph. D.,Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Lutz Ackermann

09/2012-07/2015,   M. S.,   Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Weiping Su

09/2008-07/2012,   B. S.   Department of Chemistry, Sichuan Normal University

Professional Experience:

04/2021 to present,   Associate Professor, Central China Normal University

12/2019 to 02/2021,   Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Lutz Ackermann

Research Interests:

Sustainable organometallic chemistry

Electrochemical asymmetric synthesis

Honors and Awards:

2014,   National Scholarship, ChineseAcademy of Science

2013,   Merit Student Honor, ChineseAcademy of Science

Publications:

1.     Cuiju Zhu,' N. W. J. Ang,' T. H. Meyer, Y. Qiu, Lutz Ackermann*, Organic Electrochemistry: Molecular Syntheses with Potential, ACS Cent. Sci. 2021,7, 415-431.

2.    Cuiju Zhu, Rositha Kuniyil, and Lutz Ackermann*, Manganese(I)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Diels-Alder/retro-Diels Alder Domino Alkyne Annulation by Transformable Pyridines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2019, 58, 5388-5342. (highlighted in Synfacts 2019, 15 (06): 0621)

3.     Cuiju Zhu, R. Kuniyil, B. B. Jei and Lutz Ackermann*, Domino C–H Activation/Directing Group Migration/Alkyne Annulation: Unique Selectivity by d⁶-Cobalt(III) Catalysts, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 4444-4450.

4.     Cuiju Zhu, J. C. A. Oliveira, Z. Shen, H. Huang, L. Ackermann*, Manganese(II/III/I)-Catalyzed C–H Arylations in Continuous Flow, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 4402-4407.

5.     YouaiQiu,' Cuiju Zhu,' Lutz Ackermann*, Rhodaelectro-Catalyzed C–H and C–C Activation, CCS Chem. 2020., 2, 1529-1552.(Both authors contributed equally)

6.     Cuiju Zhu, M. Stangier, J. C. A. Oliveira, L. Massigan and Lutz Ackermann*, Iron-Electro-Catalyzed C–H Arylations: Mechanistic Insights In to Oxidation-Induced Reductive Elimination through Spectroscopy, CV, and Computation for Ferraelectrocatalysis, Chem.Eur. J. 2019, 25, 16382-16389.    (highlightedin Synfacts 03032020, 16(03), 0293）

7.     R. Mei,' Cuiju Zhu,' L.Ackermann*, Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalizations on Benzoic Acidswith Aryl, Alkenyl and Alkynyl Halides by Weak-O-Coordination, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 13171-13174. (Both authorscontributed equally)

8.     Y. Yang,' Cuiju Zhu,' M. Zhang,S. Huang, J. Lin, X. Pan, W. Su*, Condensation of anthranilic acids withpyridines to furnish pyridoquinazolones via pyridine dearomatization, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12869-12872. (Both authors contributed equally)

9.     Cuiju Zhu, Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, S. Huang, M. Zhang*, W. Su*, Sodium Iodide-Catalyzed Direct α-Alkoxylation of Ketones with Alcohols via Oxidation of α-Iodo Ketone Intermediates, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 331-338.

10.   Z. Shen, H. Huang, Cuiju Zhu, S. Warratz, L. Ackermann*, MnCl₂-Catalyzed C–H Alkylation on Azine Heterocycles, Org.Lett. 2019, 21, 571-574.

11.   F. Fumagalli, S. Warratz,S.-K. Zhang, T. Rogge, Cuiju Zhu, A. C. Stückl, L.Ackermann*, Arene-Ligand-free Ruthenium(II/III) Manifold for meta-C–H Alkylation: Remote Purine Diversification, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 3984-3988.

12.   Z. Ruan,' S.-K. Zhang,' Cuiju Zhu, P. N. Ruth, D. Stalke, L. Ackermann*,Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed meta C-H Mono-and Difluoromethylations by Phosphine/Carboxylate Cooperation, Angew. Chem.Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2045-2049.

13.   S. Warratz, D. J. Burns, Cuiju Zhu, K. Korvorapun, T. Rogge, J. Scholz, C. Jooss, D. Gelman, L.Ackermann*, meta-C-H Bromination on Purine Bases by Heterogeneous Ruthenium Catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1557-1560.